In an article entitled, “RAPD markers for identification of sex in pointed gourd (Trichosanthes dioica Roxb.)” published in the April issue of the Indian J. Biotech, Kumar Sanjeev, BD Singh and DP Sinha employed decamer markers to distinguish male and female pointed gourd (locally known as ‘potol’). They observed that male individuals  are character

  GNOBB would like to wish its members and well wishers a very prosperous Puja and Eid. May the holy rituals bring happiness and peace in our life.

 Dr. Subhra Chakraborty Dhaka 21 October 2012. Two senior scientists from the National Institute of Plant Genomic Research, New Delhi India visited the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dhaka University and each gave a seminar lecture there. They are Dr. Niranjan Chakraborty and his wife Dr. Subhra Chakraborty. While Dr. Niranjan spoke on,

In an article entitle, “Targeting VEGF-B as a novel treatment for insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes” published in Nature (490:426-4300 on 18th October, 2012, the results of the investigation by 15 authors headed by Ulf Eriksson reveal that the type 2 diabetes is caused by the excess lipid deposition in peripheral tissues impairing  insulin s

 Mycobacterium tuberculosis  known as ‘Captain of death’, a  pathogenic bacterium    is responsible for the death of 2 million people death each year.  and Multi-drug resistance characteristics  of this strain is the major cause of this devastating condition. In an article entitled “Identification of anti-tuberculosis ag

Sponsored by Sloan Foundation Conference on South Asian Science Engagement a two-day workshop organized by the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Safety, National University of Singapore will be held in 18-19 October. The workshop will be divided into the following sessions: • Varieties Development of Rice • Crop Technologies and Innovations • Water & Irri

For years cow’s milk has supplanted mother’s milk. Several studies have shown  that 2-3% of children in the developed countries and an unknown number in developing countries are allergic to milk proteins and it is evident from several studies that β-lactoglobulin (BLG), one major milk protein component of ruminant animal milk, lacking in human milk accounts for

This is the second time that within a short span of time Lambert Academy Publishing has published  two books written by our graduate students, Aubhishek Zaman at the Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology  and Samsad Razzaque at the the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, DU. GNOBB already congratulated Aubhishek  for authoring the book

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2012 to Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brian K. Kobilka for their studies on G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCR). The molecules (GPCRs) are embedded in the membrane of cells and cause significant chemical cascades when a target molecule attaches to them. That target could be anything from a hormone such as ad

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has awarded The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012 jointly to John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka for demonstrating the potential of a mature cell to be reprogrammed to become pluripotent stem cells. It may be mentioned here that it’s a different story with plants. Through manipulation of the proportion of kinetin and auxin, m